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A Method for Suppressing Over Reaction of the Immune System in Response to Infection (SJ-09-0006)

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Methods for Suppressing a Particular Dendritic Cell Population (tipDC) in Response to Infection (SJ-09-0006)

Description

St. Jude investigators found that treatment with a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR γ) agonist reduces the number of a particular dendritic cell population, tipDC, that is increased in response to an infection. They found that moderating, but not eliminating, tipDC recruitment can modulate the host immune response and prevent hypercytokinemia. Treatment with a PPAR γ agonist may be a useful therapeutic intervention in the case of an influenza pandemic outbreak.